Re: [PATCH v14 0/3] rust: add basic serial device bus abstractions

[Gary Guo]

On Fri Jul 17, 2026 at 1:03 PM BST, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 17, 2026 at 01:22:40PM +0200, Danilo Krummrich wrote:
>> On 7/17/26 1:14 PM, Markus Probst wrote:
>> > On Fri, 2026-07-17 at 12:55 +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
>> >> On Wed, Jul 15, 2026 at 09:00:14PM +0000, Markus Probst wrote:
>> >>> This patch series adds the serdev device bus rust abstraction into the
>> >>> kernel.
>> >>>
>> >>> This abstraction will be used by a driver,
>> >>> which targets the MCU devices in Synology devices.
>> >>>
>> >>> Kari Argillander also messaged me, stating that he wants to write a
>> >>> watchdog driver with this abstraction (needing initial device data).
>> >>>
>> >>> This series depends on [1].
>> >>>
>> >>> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/20260530132736.3298549-1-dakr@xxxxxxxxxx/
>> >>>
>> >>> Signed-off-by: Markus Probst <markus.probst@xxxxxxxxx>
>> >>
>> >> Given there are no objections, I'll go queue this up now, thanks.
>> > Thanks for merging, but I haven't seen the dependency
>> > 
>> > https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/20260530132736.3298549-1-dakr@xxxxxxxxxx/
>> > 
>> > getting picked yet (its at least not in linux-next), so it might not
>> > even compile. Not sure whats holding the patch back though.
>> (Ah, saw this just after I replied to the other thread.)
>> 
>> Nothing is holding them back other than requiring a user (which is your work),
>> so I did not pick them up.
>> 
>> Also note that tty and driver-core are different trees, so picking it up in
>> driver-core would not have helped tty.
>
> Should I drop this from the tty tree and take it through driver-core
> instead?  If so, no problem for me, just let me know.

FWIW this series will also conflict quite significantly with
https://lore.kernel.org/driver-core/20260629-id_info-v2-0-56fccbe9c5ef@xxxxxxxxxxx/
which is routed via driver-core tree.

Best,
GAry